Table 1.

Means (and SDs) or Percentages for Alcohol Variables by Childhood Religious Affiliation.

	Childhood religious affiliation, as reported by spouse				χ2 or F p-value*	Effect Size*
	No religion N ≤ 47	Accommodating N ≤ 283	Catholic N ≤ 292	Differentiating N ≤ 309
Abstaining (%)	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	6.5%	< .01	.20
Regular drinking (%)	95.7%	84.0%	87.3%	78.0%	.01	.13
Age of first drink†	15.9 (1.7)	16.5 (2.6)	16.2 (2.6)	16.7 (2.6)	.05	.01
Age of regular drinking†	20.0 (3.0)	19.6 (3.7)	19.9 (4.4)	19.9 (4.0)	.83	.00
Age first AD sx†	23.1 (7.0)	21.4 (5.9)	21.4 (5.8)	21.3 (5.3)	.30	.00
Age first AD dx†	26.2 (8.3)	25.6 (8.5)	24.2 (7.3)	24.6 (7.7)	.55	.00
Current AD dx (%)	8.5%	6.4%	6.8%	6.1%	.94	.02
Lifetime AD dx (%)	42.6%	32.2%	37.0%	31.1%	.24	.07
Number of yrs AD dx	6.5 (9.3)	4.4 (8.3)	5.3 (8.9)	4.5 (7.6)	.30	.00
Current number of AD sx	0.6 (1.2)	0.6 (1.1)	0.6 (1.2)	0.5 (1.3)	.83	.00
Maximum number of AD sx	2.6 (2.2)	2.1 (1.9)	2.2 (2.0)	2.1 (2.0)	.54	.00
Current QFI (ln)	2.2 (1.8)a	1.8 (1.6)a	1.9 (1.7)a	1.3 (1.7)b	<.01	.02c
Maximum QFI (ln)	4.1 (1.1)	3.9 (1.2)	4.0 (1.2)	4.0 (1.3)	.90	.00

^*Dichotomous variables are reported in percentages and differences were tested by chi-square without post-hoc analysis, and effect sizes are Cramer’s V. Continuous variables are tested by Proc MIXED with least squares means post-hoc contrasts, and R² effect sizes.

^a/bDifferent lettered superscripts indicate significantly different means.

^cEffect size for mean comparisons (d) between differentiating and the other three groups range from .27–.32.

^†Individuals who never experienced these events (i.e., were abstainers, non-regular drinkers, or never had an AD symptom or diagnosis) were excluded from these corresponding age variables. Sample sizes for these variables were smaller, and the means represent the average age of first occurrence in individuals in each group who have experienced the event.

AD = Alcohol Dependence, sx = symptom count, dx = diagnosis, QFI = quantity-frequency index, ln = log-transformed.